Adjustable attachment for milk-pails.



Y No. 665,433. i Patnted 1an. a, mol.-

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ADJUSTABLE ATTACHMENT FUR MILK PAILYS.

(Application med Nov. 5, 1900.)

(lo Model.)

rra raras CARL S. HARMSEN, OF WALNUT, IOWA.

ADJUSTABLE ATTACHMENT FOR MILK-PAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,433, dated January8, 1901.

Application iiled November 5, 1900. Serial No. 35.530. (No model.)

To all whom, i may concern/.-

Be it known that I, CARL S. HARMSEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Walnut, in the county of Pottawattamie and State of Iowa,have invented a new and useful Adj ustable Attach ment for HoldingMilk-Fails, of which the following is a specification.

My object is to promote convenience and cleanliness in milking cows byproviding a simple, strong, adjustable, and durable attachment formilk-pails to aid a person in secu rely holding the pail between theknees and olf the ground as required to facilitate transferring milkfrom the cows udder into the pail and keeping the pail clean.

My invention consists in the device hereinafter set forth, pointed outin my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is an inside face View of the upper part adapted to engage thetop of a milk-pail and a persons knee. Fig. 2 is an inside face view ofthe lower part adapted to overlie and engage the lower part of the pail.Fig. 3 is an outside face View showing the two parts detachably andadjustably connected. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional View on theline of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective View showing the inventionapplied to a milk-pail as required for practical use.

The letter A designates the upper part out from sheet metal, round atthe top, tapering at its lower portion, and terminating in a squareextension B, that is bent inward at its lower edge to engage the squarehead of a bolt as required to prevent the bolt from turning when thebolt is extended outward through a bolt-hole c in the extension, asclearly shown in Fig. 4E. The yrounded top end is bent outward toproduce a hook-shaped lateral projection D, adapted to rest upon apersons knee. At the sides and top of the lower tapering portion areintegral portions bent inward to produce hooks f, adapted to engage thetopvedge of a milk-pail, as shown in Fig. 5.

The letter H designates the lower part of my device. It is also cut fromsheet metaland V-shaped, with a straight extension 7o at its top adaptedto overlie the lower end of the upper part A, and has a central slotthrough which a bolt m is extended outward, as shown in Fig. 4, to clampthe two parts together by means of a nut n on the outer end of the bolt.The lower ends of the in verted-V-shaped part Hare bent inward toproduce hooks r, adapted to engage the rim at the bottom of the pail.

To t and fasten the attachment to a milkpail, the hooks are placed onthe top edge of the pail and the hooks fr on the rim at the bottom, andthe overlying parts then clamped together by means of the bolt m and nutln..

It is obvious a mating device will be required on the other side of thebucket, so there will be two hook-shaped parts extending in oppositedirections from the pail as required to facilitate holding andsupporting a milk-pail between a persons knees.

Having described the construction, purpose, application, and operationof my invention, its practical utility will be readily understood bypersons familiar with the art to which it pertains, and what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device for holding milk-pails between a persons knees, consistingof an upper part having its top portion bent outward and adapted to restupon a persons knee, hooks at its sides adapted to engage the top edgeof a milk-pail and a lower portion having hooks at its bottom adapted toengage the rim at the bottom of a pail and means for adjustablyfastening said upper and lower portions together on a milk-pail, for thepurposes stated.

2. An attachment for milk-pails comprising an upper part consisting of ametal plate rounded at its upper portion and bent outward to produce ahook-shaped lateral projection, an integral hook at each side to engagethe top of a pail and a tapering lower portion bent inward at its bottomedge and provided with a hole for a bolt and a lower part consisting ofa V-shaped plate having a slot at its top portion for the passage of abolt and hooks at its bottom to engage the rim at the bottom of a pailand a bolt extended through the said bolt-hole and the said slot, whenthe two parts overlie each other as shown, arranged and combined tooperate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

CARL S. HARMSEN.

Witnesses:

.TENS CHRISTIANSEN, P. C. CARRTENSEN.

